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    Aquatics Gallery > Indian Zone

    SPECIE NAME:Monodactylus argenteus

    COMMON NAME OF THE SPECIE: Mono Angels

    LOCATION: They are found in the Red Sea, along the coasts of Australia, Eastern Africa and throughout Southeast Asia.

    HABITAT: Mono Fish are found in schools in the shallow portions of estuaries, inshore reefs, and fresh water tidal pools. The adult fish will normally inhabit the coastal areas and the juveniles will stay more in brackish environments.

    SIZE: UPTO 27 CM.

    DIET: Diet Type: Omnivore Flake Food: Yes Tablet / Pellet: Yes Live foods (fishes, shrimps, worms): Some of Diet Vegetable Food: Some of Diet Meaty Food: Some of Diet Feeding Frequency: Several feedings per day

    FACT: Plant matter, detritus and insects in the wild. Brine shrimp, bloodworms and dried food in the aquarium.

    SPECIE NAME:Scatophagus argus

    COMMON NAME OF THE SPECIE: Spotted scat

    LOCATION: They are common throughout the Indo-Pacific region. Most seen for sale have been collected in or near Thailand.

    HABITAT: Argus Fish normally inhabit brackish estuaries, freshwater streams, mangroves, and natural embankments. These fish start their lives out in freshwater and move to saltwater as they mature. .

    SIZE: UPTO 38 CM.

    DIET: Diet Type: Omnivore - They are not picky eaters. Should be fed a mainly vegetable based diet with the occasional meaty food offered. Flake Food: Yes Tablet / Pellet: Yes Live foods (fishes, shrimps, worms): Some of Diet Vegetable Food: Most of Diet - Dried Seaweed, lettuce, quality flake food. Meaty Food: Some of Diet - Brine shrimp, krill, mysis shrimp, and blood worms. Feeding Frequency: Daily

    FACT: Good amount of vegetables and aquarium plants with various dried, frozen and fresh food.

    SPECIE NAME:Toxotes jaculatrix

    COMMON NAME OF THE SPECIE: Archer Fish

    LOCATION: They are found in most of tropical Asia, Papua New Guinea, and northern Australia.

    HABITAT: The Archer Fish habitat is primarily estuaries and brackish waters among mangroves, but they will also enter rivers and streams, sometimes swimming far inland. These fish migrate from brackish water to freshwater and saltwater.

    SIZE: UPTO 29.97CM. 0.1 KG.

    DIET: they feed on brine shrimp and bloodworms

    FACT: It is capable of breathing moist air, so can survive out of water for long periods. Archer fish create a gun barrel in their mouth by pressing their tongue in a special groove in the roof of their mouth and then close their gills to shoot the water pistol. They shoot the water jet with the finesse of a marksman and are highly accurate up to the height of 2 meters and sometimes up to 3 meters.Archer fish can be rightly called as ballistics experts because they even know how to adjust for the gravitational pull that acts on the jet of water and manage to hit their prey with high precision.

    SPECIE NAME:Tetraodon nigroviridis

    COMMON NAME OF THE SPECIE: Spotted Green Puffer

    LOCATION: They are are found from Africa to Asia, ranging from Sri Lanka to Indonesia and north to China. (It is found across South and Southeast Asia)

    HABITAT: These puffer fish inhabit freshwater to brackish coastal estuaries; streams, rivers, and flood plains where they are found singly or in small groups.

    SIZE: UPTO 17 CM.

    DIET: Diet Type: Omnivore - In the wild they feed on mollusks, crustaceans, other invertebrates and some plant matter. They may also eat scales and fins of other fish. Flake Food: Occasionally Tablet / Pellet: Occasionally Live foods (fishes, shrimps, worms): Some of Diet Vegetable Food: Some of Diet Meaty Food: Most of Diet Feeding Frequency: Several feedings per day - These puffer fish are constant hunters. Feed small amounts that they can quickly consume, but don't overfeed as these puffers will literally eat them selves to death.

    FACT: Invertebrates, crustaceans & molluscs, to vegetation and frozen/live food (Shrimp, krill, crabs).

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